White Asphalt

Anna Sterkhova flew to a northern settlement of gold miners on a business trip to investigate the murder in the taiga of amateur hunters from Moscow. The crime was committed two years ago, but there has been no progress in... the case. It was considered that four were killed by the fifth member of the company, their friend Kholofidin, but he disappeared without a trace…
The crime has signs of ritual — the victims were decapitated. The wintering where the visitors died is called Owl's Plakha in these parts. According to legend, forest spirits once dealt with a local hunter there who killed an owl…

Anna Knyazeva — a writer with a bright and eventful life, as evidenced not only by the facts of her biography but also by her intriguing and captivating detective novels. Anna has changed several professions, from engineer to designer, but she found complete satisfaction for her extraordinary mind and curious nature in writing. She transferred all her talent, subtle humor, and love for history and mysterious events of past centuries into her books.